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# A convict colony thing
- URL: https://cje.io/2026/09/18/a-convict-colony-thing/
- Published: 2026-09-18T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T15:59:59.000Z
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Hot Takes

Australia has always punched above its weight from an offensive security standpoint. I think it's a convict colony thing that just shows up in computers.

If you tell Aussies to go off and do a thing, we generally get it done with whatever's within arm's reach. Innovation is a part of the culture.

Where we're behind is on where AI actually fits into all of that, and that's a problem we should probably try to fix. That was really the origin of [\[un\]prompted](https://unprompted.au/?ref=cje.io), which is on in Sydney this week.

*From my conversation with Fede Kirschbaum on XBOW's [Offense Taken](https://youtu.be/MYLvQpXE1nc?t=2222&ref=cje.io).*